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1959-03

NASCAR Convertible Series race number 3 of 15
Sunday, March 15, 1959 at Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway, Richmond, VA
200 laps on a .500 mile dirt track (100.0 miles)

Time of race: 1:40:24
Average Speed: 59.761 mph
Pole Speed: 59.583 mph

Cautions: none
Margin of Victory: 2 laps +
Attendance: 6,500
Lead changes: 5

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
12	13	55	Ben Benz		'57 Chevrolet	165	110	engine	0
10	9	80	Neil Castles	Neil Castles	'57 Chevrolet	175	130	running	0
7	6	82	Joe Eubanks	Don Every	'58 Ford	190	165	running	0
4	1	76	Larry Frank	Larry Frank	'57 Chevrolet	194	250	running	148
13	18	33	George Green	Jess Potter	'57 Chevrolet	155	100	out of gas	0
6	12	40	Joe Halton		'57 Chevrolet	191	200	running	0
1	11	77	Joe Lee Johnson	Joe Lee Johnson	'57 Chevrolet	200	800	running	18
14	15	32	Brownie King	Jess Potter	'58 Chevrolet	154	85	out of gas	0
16	4	98	Marvin Panch	Tom Vernon	'58 Ford	74	60	engine	0
9	8	42	Dean Pelton		'57 Ford	185	140	running	0
11	7	43	Richard Petty	Petty Engineering	'57 Oldsmobile	169	125	engine	0
3	10	4	Ken Rush	J.H. Petty	'57 Chevrolet	194	350	running	0
5	3	41	Curtis Turner	Doc White	'59 T-Bird	193	225	running	10
2	16	1	Joe Weatherly	Wood Brothers	'57 Ford	198	525	running	0
18	2	49	Bob Welborn	Bob Welborn	'59 Chevrolet	31	50	oil leak	14
15	5	25	Gene White	Gene White	'57 Chevrolet	136	70	fuel line	0
8	17	21	Glen Wood	Wood Brothers	'58 Ford	190	150	running	10
17	14	90	Emanuel Zervakis	Junie Donlavey	'57 Chevrolet	61	50	fuel pump	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Bob Welborn	1	14	14
Curtis Turner	15	24	10
Larry Frank	25	172	148
Glen Wood	173	182	10
Joe Lee Johnson	183	200	18

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